Blood-Cleaning therapy may reduce need for ICU pressor drugs
NCT ID NCT07679555
First seen Jul 01, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study looks back at medical records of 60 critically ill adults in an intensive care unit who received a blood-cleaning treatment called hemoadsorption. The goal is to see if the therapy helps lower the need for drugs that raise blood pressure, improves lab results, and affects survival. The study does not give any new treatment—it simply analyzes data from routine care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Hemoadsorption (CytoSorb or Efferon LPS cartridge)
- What this could lead to
- If results are positive, this could point toward a way to reduce the need for blood-pressure-raising drugs in critically ill patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. The therapy may not work for everyone, and results may not apply to other hospitals.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pest County Flór Ferenc Hospital, Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
RECRUITINGKistarcsa, Pest County, 2143, Hungary
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